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arrive, LifF. Snedecor's — in whose pond the fish run to a larger size 

 than in any water we have yet noted. The Trout here, hoth in the 

 pond and in the stream below, are noted for their great beauty, both 

 of form and color ; and although there is some debate among con- 

 noisseurs as to the comparative flavor of Snedecor's fish and those 

 taken at Carman's, eighteen miles further east, the judgment of the 

 best sportsmen inclines to the former. 



" The pond is of the same character with those which 1 have de- 

 scribed heretofore, and can be fished only from boats. It is open to 

 all anglers, but the number of fish to be basketed by each person in 

 one day is limited to a dozen. In the stream there is no limit, nor 

 indeed can there be, as the tide-waters cannot be preserved, or the 

 free right of fishing them prohibited. The Trout here are not only 

 very numerous and of the first quality of excellence — their flesh being 

 redder than that of the Salmon — but very large ; the average pro- 

 bably exceeds a pound, and fish of two and two and a half pounds' 

 weight are taken so frequently as to be no rarity. 



" The outlet of this pond, after running a few hundred yards, opens 

 upon the salt meadows, where there is no obstacle whatever to throw- 

 ing a long line. It is broader and longer than any stream we have 

 hitherto encountered, and is incomparably the best, containing fiah 

 even larger than those of the pond above, and, in my opinion, of a 

 finer flavor. I believe it, indeed, to be an indisputable fact, that 

 Trout, which have access to salt water, are invariably more highly 

 colored and flavored than those which are confined to fresh streams 

 by natural or artificial obstacles. 



" There is no distinction, of which I am aware, in favor of pond or 

 stream, for the use of the fly, the fish taking it readily in either, 

 although as a general rule they will rise to it earlier in the fresh, than 

 in the tide-water. 



" At some distance down this stream there is a range of willows on 

 the bank, nearly opposite to a place owned by Mrs. Ludlow ; and 

 under the trees are some holes famous for being the resorts of the 

 largest fish, which aff'ect here the deepest water and the principal 

 channel. Here, as in the pond, fish of two and a half pounds are no 

 rarity, and, in fact, such are taken here more frequently than above 

 I should say that one would rarely hook a Trout in this stream under 



